My Reflections

Reading Nadeem Aslam is like living with the characters of his novel. The words keeps echoing, the scene keeps flashing and the characters stay with the readers much after one finishes the book. The author has penchant for detailing scene, event, emotion and expression in his writings. The reader experiences and visualizes Color, smell, sound, pain, fury, cry, smile, and laughter in the course of reading his stories. In fact, the portrayal is so vivid and engrossing that reader is transported to the imaginary world created by writer. Without rousing the sentiments, the author lets readers simmer with the empathy and sympathy for the characters. “Many things in my books come from real life; but a novelist has to be careful in transporting a real event into the landscape of a novel. It is patient work, like moving a lake from one place to another with a teaspoon” writes Naeem Aslam about his own craft. The writer of five novels including “Maps of lost lovers” and “The ...

Ek sawall man mein ataa hai Kaun hai jo hum dono ko Uksata hai ladwata hai Nafrat  ki deewar banakar Door hame kar jata hai kamzor bahut kar jata hai Phir paas tumhare jata hai Aur paas hamare aata hai Jo paas tumhare hota hai Ya paas hamare hota hai Sab loot kar le jata hai Barbaad hamen kar jata hai Barbaad tumhe kar jata hai Muflis hum bhi muflis tum bhi Mushkil se din katte hain Roz sawera hote hi Bazaron mein bikte hain Der raat tak wapas aakar Nidhaal ho kar sote hain Khauf ke saaye mein tum bhi Khauf ke saaye mein hum bhi Sahme sahme rahte hain Ek sawaal man mein ata hai Woh jo hum don ko ladwata hai Pehchaan tumhen bhi hai uski Pehchaan humen bhi hai uski Kyon na hum don milkar Ab use door bhgata hain Is nafrat ki deewar todkar Ek dooje se mil jaate hain Bekhauf subah ke aamad ki Umeed lagaae so jaate hain